Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Trustmarque Solutions Ltd
- Value
- £175,000
- Procedure
- Direct award
- Sector
- Office & computing equipment · Computer equipment and supplies (CPV 30200000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date8 Dec 2025
- Published27 Feb 2026Published 81 days after the contract date
Description
Supply of IT hardware and peripherals on an "on demand basis". There is no fixed contract spend value. The contract value stated is an estimation.
About the supplier
Trustmarque Solutions Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02183240).